Hard English Words: Chauffeur |

[@nefelibata8773]

"How the hell you spell Chauffeur" "Chauffeur" "Oooh fancy pants rich McGee over here"

[@thatweirdkid08]

My first thought

[@fafnyrslair]

I think that song has really helped people be able to pronounce it 😂

[@squirrelwithtoomanyhobbies]

Quality content

[@umerwaqar1046]

😂😂😂

[@JustYourLocalOtaku]

Just gotta think "Show-fur"

[@steph_matarazzo]

So true!

[@ginathecookie]

Damn, I think the actual word but in its English pronunciation I think I've been around this word too much. It's infected my brain.

[@ginathecookie]

As in I visualise the word Chauf - feur

[@huntingorgon44]

“How hell you spell show-fur?” “*Chauffeur.” “Ooh fancy pants, rich mcGee over here! F\/ck you-” I’m sorry I had to do it

[@Reyna-w5u]

​@@huntingorgon44 idk why but I'm laughing so hard

[@salomestars8281]

As french : the way "chauffeur" is pronounced in english is actually pretty close to the french pronunciation (And if it wasn't it wouldn't really matter because once a word is used in the english language as an english word then the way the word is pronounced is up to english speakers

[@Ezmerelda2019]

English is 3 languages in a trench coat. It makes very little sense

[@smol-one]

It's like half a dozen languages in trenchcoat. With borrowed words from other languages crammed in all the pockets. It's like the hoarding gremlin of languages.

[@JuniperYoder]

​@@smol-oneLove it

[@Ezmerelda2019]

@@smol-one Real. And for America some words we made up just to spite the British lol

[@penelopeslays]

Three? Try every language in human history that we took loanwords from and were influenced by

[@Neroba]

oh mr fancy pants rich Mcgee 🗣️

[@jamesalexander8193]

When it comes to the french words english changed them to better fit the language and to annouy the french for whatever reason they were waring that century

[@9elypses]

Say "Show-fur" you'll be understood everytime

[@larssjostrom6565]

Because english is a weird mix of german, danish, celtic, latin and french.

[@BliffleSplick]

And Greek And whoever else they could rob along the way

[@TwilightSagaCullen]

Never had trouble with this word actually 😂

[@rayventhekrayven]

theres a whole plot sub structure about a tireme that makes the journey to teotihuacán from egypt you could scribe a book circa (he never makes his way back obviously they had a spherical mindset of the planet yet thought the atlantic met india very quickly he was in love and filled with a deep longing to return to egypt so much that he even hiked to the pacific across mexico and knew he was finished ^quite the moment really)

[@enycc6946]

I'm a native English speaker, and I don't know any other languages. It took me 5 times to pronounce the word properly, and on a daily basis I blend words together when I speak because my brain tries to say both at the same time. An ongoing joke in my family is that I'm not actually fluent in the only language I know.

[@bookreader1997]

If you're ever worried about how you're pronouncing a French word in English, just find the nearest French person, and ask them to say "hot dog". You'll feel better

[@salomeeserol2129]

As a French, this is maybe one of the only words you guys say right with entrepreneur 😂

[@Hollyberrystreats]

As I heard once "English is not one language. It's several language stacked together wearing a trenchcoat" 🤷

[@Lonely_Raven_666]

No the black t shirt girl said it great! - a french Tbh what really annoys us isn't that you dont have good pronunciation that's normal but that some people are really annoying about it and pedantic like "no its not Cwascent it's CwoSsAnTE" and neither of it is right, or when they act like our language makes no sense when they just werent paying attention in school to understand how it works

[@rayventhekrayven]

this was very philosophical religious and military oriented honey his orders were to sail as the sun sets "go to where the sun sets my son"

[@Dominic-he7sg]

It's "Šofer" in Croatian. So, also derived from French.

[@flechedesneiges5114]

Black shirt got it right. A french girl

[@rayventhekrayven]

the book is a difficult situation for the reader this is very horror movie not horror movie where bee eye "run out the door!! go!! now!!" ^because he is going to run out of supplies basically 3 days past gibraltar so buckle ♧up♧ somehow he perseveres "theres no [iran] in mexico!! turn around!!" ^thats part of the experience by default

[@rayventhekrayven]

sock le bleu!!!

[@rayventhekrayven]

im all like the shining 'ok... time to be high status...' aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa red rum red rum red rum red rum "why is this a thing"

[@rayventhekrayven]

when i really scribe the way me sires to scribe people dont 🐠🪑understand me thats why but this can be very george rr martin yet without the war of the roses more row man tick more loving more enduring "alas such a journey!"

[@jenlyannegron-hernandez965]

Do you ever read books in Spanish? I have been wanting to read some recent Hispanic literature but all the recommendations that I get are just translations. It would be beautiful if you could make some recommendations.

[@rayventhekrayven]

thats sometimes how stories function that are layered we do a whole parralel fable circa the girl that drank salt water that also mirrors this mirror age mirage in small threads in see cure in sea cure (im the skeletal structure skeleton guy honey)

[@Sp00k3rrr]

As a Dutch person, I can't pronounce Academy and Lieutenant 💀

[@AndriaSilvaful]

How do you pronounce them?

[@Sp00k3rrr]

@@AndriaSilvaful Academy I say it very Dutch, and Lieutenant I say it as if it's French for some reason

[@shadowninja6689]

How about how "One" is pronounced the same as "Won" even though it has no W.

[@conniefontaine3115]

Haha

[@clarem8784]

It's easy. Just go to a Target that has a Starbucks inside...

[@filipemartinho1753]

Nothing pisses me off more than French people making fun of english pronounciations of french loan words because 1) They are loan words. Thus are no longer being used in the context of french but rather the context of english. So you cant say it like the french do because it sounds wrong to use two different languages (or more) to construct a sentence, and it's not intuitive because french has different rules for how groups of letters are said (oi is ua for example) and 2) THE FRENCH DO THE SAME THING! Because that's how language works! You adapt words to your language! Noone forces them to say brand names correctly, or english loan words correctly, so why are they so pressed when english people doing it? So say chauffeur like tchowfer or whatever else, it's how languages evolve anyway

[@Percyripped]

You have a cute nose

[@amjthe_paleosquare9399]

Think French, of a Frenchified Spanish, same thing XD Hate English, just learn the words and don't question it

[@splat_42]

That one isn't even English

[@DevonRex116]

I mean... It's a French word but ok.

[@rayventhekrayven]

well stuff i do is minded to get westworld e even if people 🎯mis the knife point the mirror age mirage... mir age mir or 'whats the or tell me the or whats the or'

[@lil-bertifiesel7033]

That’s not an English word

[@rayventhekrayven]

well... i actually have the dis advantage because you wear the a,dress and have the a,trophy ^not all ways great sometimes it the clown grate ""this prose is garbage""